A Podcast About Technology, Media, AI, and the Internet
Network Issues is a podcast about the systems shaping our digital lives—and what those systems are doing to our culture, careers, relationships, politics, and sense of reality.
Hosted by media scholar Jamie Cohen and marketing strategist Destinee Day, the show brings academic insight and real-world industry experience to the internet’s most urgent questions. Each episode explores how artificial intelligence, social media algorithms, online communities, digital advertising, influencer culture, misinformation, surveillance, and emerging technologies are changing the way we communicate and make decisions.
Network Issues goes beyond headlines and surface-level technology news. Jamie and Destinee examine the power structures, business models, cultural forces, and human behaviors behind the platforms we use every day. Their conversations make complex topics accessible without oversimplifying them—helping listeners better understand how the internet works, who benefits from it, and how to navigate it with greater agency.
Whether you work in media, marketing, education, technology, or simply want to understand the forces shaping life online, Network Issues offers thoughtful, candid conversations about the internet as it exists today—and where it may be taking us next.
Watch, listen, and explore every episode of Network Issues below.
What Is Looksmaxxing—and Why Is It Suddenly Everywhere?
Looksmaxxing is often presented as skincare, fitness, and self-improvement for men. Its deeper history leads through incel forums, pickup artistry, black-pill ideology, pseudoscience, body-image pressure, and influencers selling dangerous shortcuts. Jamie Cohen and Destinee Day explain how the term entered mainstream culture—and why context matters.
Why Are Men Obsessed With Testosterone?
Why has testosterone become a symbol of masculinity, attractiveness, and self-improvement online? Hone Health CEO Saad Alam joins Jamie Cohen and Destinee Day to discuss hormone testing, medically supervised treatment, looksmaxxing, peptides, bodybuilding culture, and the risks of building a health plan from TikTok or Reddit.